Duisenberg's Openness Prompts
Snickers: He Just Isn't Greenspan

FRANKFURT -- The president of the European Central Bank, Wim Duisenberg, Thursday takes on what is becoming the most hazardous part of his job: talking to the media.

Mr. Duisenberg, who hurt the euro this week with remarks that led markets to conclude that further intervention in currency markets isn't likely, will hold his regular monthly news conference in the most trying of circumstances. The euro hit a new low of 83.24 U.S. cents...